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ABRAHAM LINCOLN RICH, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUSTLE.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,424, d ted November1'7, 1885.

Application filed January 28, 1885. Serial No. 154,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN RICH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Allegheny City, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBustles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in whic h Figure 1 represents a perspective view, andFig. 2 represents a sectional view, of my improved bustle.

My invention relates to that class of bustles which are self-adjustingin their nature; and my invention consists in the peculiar constructionand combination of the several parts, all of which I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my improvement, Iwill now proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried itout.

Heretofore many of the bustles offered to the public have beenconstructed in such manner that the continued wearing of the bustle fora short time often injured it to such extent that it speedily becameunfit for the use it was intended. This has sometimes been caused by thewhalebone or metallic strips losing their tensile strength and becomingthereby weakened.

To overcome these difficulties is the object of my invention, and at thesame time oii'er to the public a bustle which is cheap in itsconstruction and especially adapted for the purpose intended.

To more fully develop my invention, I will now minutely describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the said drawings, A represents a basepiece securely held in place bya series of curved transverse strips, A, any number of which may beused, and composed of any suitable material. At or near the center ofthe base-strip A, and secured to its upper surface by a hinge, a, is astandard, B, its upper end being hinged or otherwise loosely pivoted toa longitudinal frame-strip, O, and to this frame-strip is also secured aseries of cross-strips, D.

By the arrangement of these several parts it is evident the outer andinner sections, as described, are adapted to fold, the outer sec- (Nomodel.)

tion moving forward and upward when pressure is brought to bear upon it.To cause these parts to assume their normal positions, it is necessarythat means be employed for that purpose. It will be noticed that thereis connected to the top of the standard a cord or connection, 1), itsfree end being attached to the upper end of the base A, and prevents thestandard and frame-strips from moving too far in its backward movement;and this cord is of such length as to prevent the standard from assuminga position at right angles to the base itself. Connected to the oppositeend of the base-piece is an elastic cord or spring, E, its opposite endbeing at tached to the top of the standard. This springconnection yieldswhen the pressure is brought to bear upon the bustle, but imme diatelyretracts itself when this pressure is relieved, and causes the bustle toassume its normal position without deranging the wear ers clothes. Bothends of the base-strip and frame-strip are connected together by cords Fand G. The length of said cords to a certain extent governs the shape ofthe hustle, and prevents the ends between the strips and base frombecoming too widely separated. From this description it is evident abustle so constructed would be light, durable, and non-crushable, thedifferent strips being composed of metal similar to corset-steels, andthe bustle may be covered with fabric to pre vent injury to the wearersclothes.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improvement in bustles, the combination. with the base A andtransverse strips A, of the frame, and cross-strips O and D, connectedto the base, and a pivotallysecured standard, 13, adapted to fold thetwo sections when pressure is applied to the bus tle, substantially asherein described.

2. In a bustle, the combination, with the base A and transverse stripsA, of the framestrip 0, the cross-strips D, secured thereto, a standard,B, pivotally secured to the iramestrip and base, a spring, E, and theadjusting-cords b, F, and G, substantially as herein described.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN RICH.

Witnesses:

J. B. EDIL, H. E. DAVIS.

